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New BlackBerry smartphones to hit UK, Canada before March arrival in US

...generation of more versatile BlackBerry smartphones is finally about to hit the market after...long-awaited line-up of revamped smartphones and software Wednesday at simultaneous...out a new Windows operating system for smartphones, confronting RIM with another technology...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-01-30/new-blackberry-smartphones
Corporations find its risky dealing with rappers

LOS ANGELES - Corporations are quick to recruit rappers to sell their soft drinks, shoes and smartphones ? but the moment there's a whiff of controversy, they are just as quick to cut them loose.The latest example is PepsiCo...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-10/corporations-find-its-risk
Smartphones complicate tracking, paying overtime

ATLANTA - Those smartphones and BlackBerrys that enable work anytime, anywhere are increasingly...be working ? because they can, thanks to the growing use of smartphones. That's allowing work to bleed into evenings, weekends and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-06/smartphones-complicate-tra
Android operating system on 75 percent of smartphones shipped last quarter

NEW YORK - Google's Android software for mobile devices was running on 75 percent of smartphones shipped in the third quarter, as the company extended its lead over Apple, according to research firm IDC.Apple's iOS system...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-03/android-operating-system-7
Google adds $10-a-month music plan

...on mobile devices that use its Android operating system means it could narrow the gap quickly. Some 44 percent of active smartphones in the U.S. are powered by the Android software, according to research firm eMarketer. Google said about 900 million...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-15/google-adds-10-month-music-plan
Research firm: PC sales plunge as Windows 8 flops

...software appears to be driving buyers away from PCs and toward smartphones and tablets, research firm IDC said Wednesday. That's...the U.S., are steering their dollars toward tablets and smartphones rather than upgrading their home PCs.It's the biggest...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-10/research-firm-pc-sales-plu
Social media increasingly important for military families

...billion minutes in one day ? said Dani Reese, a spokeswoman for Microsoft, the company that owns the online media.With smartphones becoming a more popular medium to access the Internet, researchers are only beginning to realize the effects on the military...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-12/social-media-increasingly-imp
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N.Y. appeals court OKs Aereo Internet television service

NEW YORK - An In ternet company offering inexpensive live broadcast television feeds to computers, tablets and smartphones doesn't violate U.S. copyright law, a divided federal appeals court said Monday.The 2-to-1 ruling by the 2nd...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-01/ny-appeals-court-oks-aereo
Time spin-off highlights risks facing magazines

...the challenges facing an industry that remains wedded to glossy paper even as the use of tablet computers, e-readers and smartphones explodes.Though the devices might seem to present an array of opportunity for Time Inc.'s 95 magazine titles, many...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-10/time-spin-highlights-risks